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EP3431115 - CATHETER DEVICE [Right-click to bookmark this link]
Status	Examination is in progress Status updated on 15.07.2024 Database last updated on 11.09.2024
Former	Grant of patent is intended Status updated on 13.03.2024
Former	Examination is in progress Status updated on 04.02.2020
Former	Request for examination was made Status updated on 19.07.2019
Former	The application has been published Status updated on 21.12.2018
Most recent event Tooltip	20.08.2024	New entry: Renewal fee paid
Applicant(s)	For all designated states AIS GMBH AACHEN INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS Feldstr. 8 52070 Aachen / DE
	[2019/04]
Inventor(s)	01 / Pfeffer, Joachim Georg Feldstr. 8 52070 Aachen / DE
	02 / Schmitz-Rode, Thomas Kupferstr. 22 52070 Aachen / DE
	03 / Günther, Rolf W. Preusweg 28 52074 Aachen / DE
	[2019/04]
Representative(s)	Cohausz & Florack Patent- & Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB Postfach 10 18 30 40009 Düsseldorf / DE
	[N/P]
Former [2019/04]	Schüssler, Andrea Kanzlei Huber & Schüssler Truderinger Strasse 246 81825 München / DE
Application number, filing date	18185980.2	27.08.2008
	[2019/04]
Priority number, date	EP20070019657	08.10.2007 Original published format: EP 07019657
	[2019/04]
Filing language	DE
Procedural language	DE
Publication	Type:	A1 Application with search report
	No.:	EP3431115
	Date:	23.01.2019
	Language:	DE
	[2019/04]
Search report(s)	(Supplementary) European search report - dispatched on:	EP	26.10.2018
Classification	IPC:	A61B17/32	[2024/13]
	CPC:	A61M60/419 (EP,US); A61M60/13 (EP,US); A61M60/237 (EP,US); A61M60/808 (EP,US); A61M60/81 (EP,US); A61M60/825 (EP,US); (+) A61M60/148 (EP,US); A61M60/414 (EP,US); A61M60/829 (EP,US) (-)
	Former IPC [2019/04]	A61M1/10, A61B17/32
Designated contracting states	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR [2019/34]
Former [2019/04]	AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LI, LT, LU, LV, MC, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK, TR
Title	German:	KATHETER-VORRICHTUNG	[2019/04]
	English:	CATHETER DEVICE	[2019/04]
	French:	DISPOSITIF À CATHETER	[2019/04]
Examination procedure	deleted	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	12.07.2019	Examination requested [2019/34]
	12.07.2019	Date on which the examining division has become responsible
	06.11.2019	Amendment by applicant (claims and/or description)
	07.02.2020	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	08.09.2020	Despatch of communication that the application is deemed to be withdrawn, reason: reply to the communication from the examining division not received in time
	18.11.2020	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	23.04.2021	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M06)
	25.08.2021	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	19.10.2022	Despatch of a communication from the examining division (Time limit: M04)
	27.02.2023	Reply to a communication from the examining division
	14.03.2024	Communication of intention to grant the patent
	15.07.2024	Disapproval of the communication of intention to grant the patent by the applicant or resumption of examination proceedings by the EPO
Parent application(s) Tooltip	EP08785717.3 / EP2234658
	EP10008269.2 / EP2366412
Request for further processing for:	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the examination report
	17.11.2020	Request for further processing filed
	17.11.2020	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	26.11.2020	Decision despatched
	The application is deemed to be withdrawn due to failure to reply to the Extended European Search Report/Written Opinion of the International Searching Authority/International Preliminary Examination Report/Supplementary international search report/Supplementary European search report
	05.11.2019	Request for further processing filed
	05.11.2019	Full payment received (date of receipt of payment) Request granted
	26.11.2019	Decision despatched
Fees paid	Renewal fee
	14.11.2018	Renewal fee patent year 03
	14.11.2018	Renewal fee patent year 04
	14.11.2018	Renewal fee patent year 05
	14.11.2018	Renewal fee patent year 06
	14.11.2018	Renewal fee patent year 07
	14.11.2018	Renewal fee patent year 08
	14.11.2018	Renewal fee patent year 09
	14.11.2018	Renewal fee patent year 10
	31.08.2018	Renewal fee patent year 11
	31.08.2019	Renewal fee patent year 12
	20.08.2020	Renewal fee patent year 13
	18.08.2021	Renewal fee patent year 14
	19.08.2022	Renewal fee patent year 15
	22.08.2023	Renewal fee patent year 16
	20.08.2024	Renewal fee patent year 17
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Documents cited:	Search	[Y]WO8809874 (KLETSCHKA HAROLD D [US]);
		[A]US5147186 (BUCKHOLTZ DWIGHT A [US]);
		[Y]US2003135086 (KHAW KENNETH [US], et al)
	by applicant	US4753221
		WO8905668
		EP0364293
		EP0445782
		US5376114
		WO9944651
		WO0117581
		US6245007
		DE10059714
		JP4126158B

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